Simpson County, Mississippi

administration
Simpson County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 85001898
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Mendenhall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 367 Mendenhall, MS 39114-0367
Foundation :	January 23, 1824
Made up from:	Choctaw land
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	27,503 (2010)
Population density :	18 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1529 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

The Simpson County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Mendenhall . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in south-central Mississippi and has an area of 1,529 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Hinds County	Rankin County
Copiah County		Smith County
Lawrence County	Jefferson Davis County	Covington County

history

Simpson County was formed on January 23, 1824 from parts of Choctaw land . It was named after Josiah Simpson , a member of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention .

Two places in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 3, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2680	-
1840	3380	26.1%
1850	4734	40.1%
1860	6080	28.4%
1870	5718	-6%
1880	8008	40%
1890	10.138	26.6%
1900	12,800	26.3%
1910	17,201	34.4%
1920	18,109	5.3%
1930	20,897	15.4%
1940	22,024	5.4%
1950	21,819	-0.9%
1960	20,454	-6.3%
1970	19,947	-2.5%
1980	23,441	17.5%
1990	23,953	2.2%
2000	27,639	15.4%
2010	27.503	-0.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Simpson County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Simpson County had 27,639 people in 10,076 households and 7,385 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 64.39 percent white, 34.31 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.47 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.15 percent of the population.

Of the 10,076 households, 34.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.2 percent were married couples living together, 14.8 percent were single mothers, and 26.7 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent of all households were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.14.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.4 percent between 18 and 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 94.4 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 90.4 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 28,343 USD , for a family is 32,797 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,197 versus $ 20,136 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,344. About 17.5 percent of families and 21.6 percent of the population were below the poverty line .